A Losing Move [Go]

I read it in one afternoon and loved it very much. While reading this article, I was reminded repeatedly that the quality of Go may not be judged until the last move. The value of a piece on the chessboard depends on its relationship with the other 360 points on the board when looking back after the game is over. A good chess move may prove to be a slow move after dozens of moves, and a seemingly unreasonable move may also become the fulcrum of victory or defeat in the official stage. It may seem like you are playing a chess game, but in fact you may be planting a seed for the situation dozens of moves later. I think Feng Zhaoci's hand pricks are just such seeds. It was judged as a "loser" the moment it fell, and in the middle of the battle, the opponent was aggressive and greedy for victory, giving up the upper hand. But extending the chessboard to the entire town of Dufang, to the ending of that night, and to Feng Zhaoci's disabled right hand in the next forty years, the outcome of this chess move cannot be determined. After reading it, I re-read "The Lost Boat". Xiao's crossing of the river in "The Lost Boat" has completely opposite meanings under the two frameworks of personal love and collaboration with the enemy. Xiao's tragedy lies in the unknowable absurd fate and motives, and the truth disappears with death. He is a passive person who cannot control his own destiny. However, Feng Zhaoci's motivation and unknown answer are active and volitional. From Tianyuan's perspective forty years ago, I saw Teruji's trembling hands, Asakura's madness, Grandma Feng and Pingjun's death, Asano's smile, the pricking hand, and the figure of his father on the city gate. Forty years later, Tianyuan has a more complete understanding, but still has not reviewed the game in the narrative of memories. I think Zhaoci's refusal to tell and Tianyuan's refusal to construct are both for preservation. The "mystery" of a boat drifting on the water lies in the uncontrollability of nature. On the chessboard, every piece is public and can be seen by both parties. In theory, everything can be predicted, calculated, and understood. But the chessboard only records results, not motives. We can only see the thorn in the hand, the definite position of a white stone on the chessboard between two black stones. We cannot be sure whether it is due to the mother's mistake in anger and fear, or the player's self-abandonment in foresight, or both. What is more profound beyond the nineteen vertical and horizontal lines is the infinitely long struggle and calculation before the move. Regarding the recurring Go motto "Abandon a piece and race first." Teruji's abandonment of a seemingly crucial chess rib in the fourth game was a drill on a real chessboard. In the chess game on the battlefield, Pingshun and Yan Po, who were mistakenly thought to be dead, were also discarded pieces. They had no choice and their deaths had no strategic significance simply because no one cared about the death of a soldier. Countless Ping Shun and Yan Po were sacrificed in this cruel war. The father knew that there was no chance of survival and went deep into the tiger's den for the assassination. He voluntarily became an abandoned son and created conditions for the breakout of Dufang Town. Teruji's right hand, using her own "defeat", exchanged Asano's paralysis and more people's way of life. This was her fight to be the first. However, these sacrifices did not become noble and light because of their strategic significance. The chess player could no longer pick up the chess pieces with his crippled right hand. The tortured corpses on the city gate, like the dead Pingshun Yan grannies, are eternal scars in the world. About Feng Zhaoci. Unlike Xiao in "The Lost Boat", Zhaoci has the clarity of a top chess player at almost every point, observing the environment, calculating risks, and weighing gains and losses. She really risks winning chess and the cost of losing. She knows that victory in Juban chess will inspire people's hearts, and failure will bring greater revenge. She is not a person swept away by the torrent, but a person who still works hard to play chess in history. Regarding the "defeat", whether it was because of the threat, whether it was to protect the child, or to cooperate with the assassination, although the last explanation is more "pretty" and more complete, I tend to believe that several exist at the same time. Zhaoci was a woman who couldn't help but tremble while hugging her son after seeing Grandma Yan's body. She was also a resolute chess player. At the moment when the stone was placed, she might not have the exact answer herself. As for Xiao in "The Lost Boat", he may not have known the reason for his second crossing of the river until the gunshot. For Zhaoci, her true intention is like a momentum, and she cannot point out the specific point, but it truly exists on the chessboard and controls the value of each piece. She is between country and son, reason and emotion, chess player and mother, and the next step in the game can never be turned back. She won the war, lost her right hand, won Tianyuan's life, and lost the rest of her life that she could play chess safely in the future. This is closer to the true texture of war than any narrative of sacrifice and heroism. Tianyuan said that he had replayed the game thousands of times on behalf of his silent mother in his memory. The reader shed tears for her after reading it and played out the chess game in his heart. However, the chess player's motivation cannot be captured in the chess game. Every move can be reproduced and the changes can be analyzed, but we can never truly enter Teruci's heart before the move. There is no answer on the chessboard. The answer lies in Zhaoci's right hand behind his back and the forty years of silence. The "defeat" may have also been a hand that fell on Feng Zhaoci. That game of chess became destiny.

Every time I read Teacher Chewing Yunduo's new stories, I marvel at the author's conception and writing skills. Reading such words makes me feel that this world is really rich and worth looking forward to.

Asano claims to be a cultural person, but is actually a pervert. The author's writing style is very good, and he shows how he is polite on the surface but hypocritical and cruel in reality.

Nice! ! ! Love this writing! I'm so excited to read this article today! The motherland is strong, the nation is prosperous and the people are happy! Grand military parade? It makes my blood boil!

Congratulations on starting a new article, writing about Go again. This time the copy is short and attractive

Congratulations to Teacher Yun Duo for writing a new article! [Spread flowers] I rarely read Go-themed novels, but the teacher is really good at writing! These 5,000-plus words were very engaging to read. I felt like crying, but I held it back in the car. [Please] Looking forward to the teacher's follow-up updates~ By the way, can you please give me a paragraph comment? [Let me know] I'm still a bit unaccustomed to not having a paragraph comment.

I am so lucky to read such a touching work TT. Thank you Feng Zhaoci, and thank you Teacher Yun Duo for creating this story.

The ending is so shocking. But I didn't understand Teacher Feng's intention behind deliberately losing chess. Is it to help the rebels in their assassination operation? But why does this work?

After reading it, I re-read the first chapter, and I felt very heavy. Thank you, Teacher Yun Duo, for writing this story [please].

Oh my God, so shocking... So well written